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Public Transportation

Carnegie Mellon isn’t close enough to Downtown to take advantage of Pittsburgh’s subway rail services, but buses run by the Port Authority swing right by Carnegie’s campus. Your student ID doubles as a bus pass that will allow you to ride the buses and rail lines anytime you need to. Carnegie also runs its own shuttle service from seven in the morning to eleven at night, which are fairly extensive hours. And for when it doesn’t, there’s an escort service that can pick students up wherever they are.

Nightlife

Pittsburgh’s downtown area, Cultural District, and the Strip District are four miles west of Carnegie Mellon. Students love to go to Market Square, the center for downtown activity, and the surrounding streets for delicious dining, club hopping, bar crawling, and for concerts and theater performances. Pittsburgh may have a small city feel, but on the weekends it’s no different than Philadelphia or New York. There are countless things to do here in Pittsburgh’s thriving nightlife scene.